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Cleveland Indian’s bats woke up in the best hitting park in baseball and against the worst pitching staff in baseball. Cleveland put up 35 runs in 3 games against the Texas Rangers. Laffey is coming off his worst effort of the season giving up 8 earned runs last time out against the Rangers. Prior to this aberration the Indian lefty has given up just 7 earned runs over his previous 6 starts. His ERA was 0.79 in the month of May lowest for any AL pitcher. The Tigers are going through a turbulent season. They added high priced free agents and are sitting near the cellar with the KC Royals in the AL Central. The Tigers were swept by Oakland in their just concluded 3 game series. Rogers pitched well in his last 2 starts and had nothing to show for his effort with 2 no decisions. Rogers’s daytime numbers have been poor this season sporting an ERA of 7.46 and a 0-4 record. Behind Laffey play Cleveland at +110.